Word: balling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...White scored what would have been Harvard's second touchdown in the Columbia game. This became evident in the game movies shown to a sparse New Lecture Hall gathering last night. Last Saturday the head linesman called the play back, claiming Hyde crossed the line of scrimmage before the ball was snapped...
Thirdly, the story of Jethroe is not all peaches and cream. Sam is not a good judge of a fly ball, and whether he has a great throwing arm is of little consequence if he isn't there when the ball comes down. Nobody, not even Bill Cunningham, will be able to rave about Jethroe as a defensive player. And Sam is already 30 years old, with not more than four or five years of good baseball in him. Since Rickey's present outfield averages 25 years, why should be add an old man of 30 and bring...
...Sophomore-studded Stanford humiliated Harvard (44-0) with the flashiest offensive since Frankie Albert and Norm Standlee had their heyday in 1940. Stanford's new ball of fire: Halfback Harry ("Hoppy") Hugasian...
...telltale hitches, lunges and hesitations. At the first sign of any break in his smooth-flowing style he goes to work on himself. Unlike most contemporary sluggers, Kiner digs into a wide-legged stance at the plate and takes almost no stride at all as he meets the ball. The usual forward stride, he thinks, is a waste motion and throws a power hitter off balance. To get maximum power into his own swats, Leftfielder Kiner uses the same delicate combination that is found in a perfect golf swing-pivot, wrist-snap and timing...
...part the Crimson was clearly superior, keeping the ball in Tufts' zone most of the way. The expected "first-game" mistakes materialized, but good performances were turned in by forwards Jon Spivak, Charlie Weiss, and Ben Goldstein, fullback Rick Drake, and goalie-captain Whoop Batchelder...